Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 12.36

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तामिस्रमिति चाक्रोध क्रोधमेवाधिकुर्वते ।
विषादं चान्धतामिस्रमविषाद प्रचक्षते ॥ ३६ ॥

tāmisramiti cākrodha krodhamevādhikurvate |
viṣādaṃ cāndhatāmisramaviṣāda pracakṣate || 36 ||

'They define anger, O thou angerless one, as "darkness;" and despondency, O undesponding, they pronounce to be the "blind darkness."
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (12.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tamisra, Iti, Cakra, Udhan, Krodha, Eva, Adhi, Kurvat, Kurvata, Vishad, Vishada, Dha, Avishada, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.36). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “tāmisramiti cākrodha krodhamevādhikurvate ”
tāmisram -
tāmisra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tāmisra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tāmisrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
cākro -
cākra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cākra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cākrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udha -
udhan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
krodham -
krodha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

krodha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

krodhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

krodhan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

krodhan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhi -
adhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

adhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

adhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

adhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

adhī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

adhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kurvate -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kurvat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

kurvatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present middle third plural]
Line 2: “viṣādaṃ cāndhatāmisramaviṣāda pracakṣate ”
viṣādam -
viṣāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viṣādā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

viṣād (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dha -
dha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tāmisram -
tāmisra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tāmisra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tāmisrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aviṣāda -
aviṣāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cakṣate -
√cakṣ (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]